Translation Project
Part of what makes Psychology Tools special is our maintenance of a multi-lingual library of therapy resources. Some have been translated by our user-base of mental health professionals, and others by professional translators. To date, we have over 3000 resources available in 70 languages, and are always looking to expand the collection.
If you are a qualified mental health professional who would like to translate resources into your native language then we would love to hear from you. We offer an incentive scheme to recognize your work. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to learn more. We will ask for confirmation of your professional qualifications, and will suggest which resources are most-requested in your language.
Translations guidelines
Our standard translation procedure is to ask translators to complete ‘translation templates’ which can be downloaded below. The text is split into chunks which enables us to retain the clarity of formatted documents. As far as is possible, we aim to follow the World Health Organization guidelines for the forward translation of instruments, namely:
- The aim of this process is to achieve different language versions of the English instrument that are conceptually equivalent in each of the target countries/cultures … the instrument should be equally natural and acceptable and should practically perform in the same way. The focus is on cross-cultural and conceptual, rather than on linguistic/literal equivalence.
- One translator, preferably a health professional, familiar with terminology of the area covered by the instrument and with interview skills should be given this task. The translator should be knowledgeable of the English-speaking culture but his/her mother tongue should be the primary language of the target culture.
- Translators should always aim at the conceptual equivalent of a word or phrase, not a word-for-word translation, i.e. not a literal translation. They should consider the definition of the original term and attempt to translate it in the most relevant way.
- Translators should strive to be simple, clear and concise in formulating a question. Fewer words are better. Long sentences with many clauses should be avoided.
- (For patient-focused resources) The target language should aim for the most common audience. Translators should avoid addressing professional audiences such as those in medicine or any other professional group. They should consider the typical respondent for the instrument being translated and what the respondent will understand when s/he hears the question.
Once most tools for a particular language have been translated we shift our focus to improving the quality of each translation via a process of back-translation by other subject matter experts.
Where to start
If you want to translate some resources and aren’t sure when to start, then ten of the most popular resources are listed below. You can check the ‘completeness’ of your language using the table below.
Ten resources to translate first (check they haven’t already been completed): Behavioral Experiment (portrait), CBT Thought Record, Cross Sectional Formulation, Fight or Flight Response, Grounding Techniques, Progressive Muscle Relaxation (edition 1), Relaxed breathing, Simple Thought Record, Unhelpful thinking styles, What is CBT.
Worksheet Name | Translation template | Translations completed |
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"Should" Statements | Greek, English (GB), English (US), Finnish, Croatian, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), French, German, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, Arabic | |
Abandonment | English (GB), English (US), Finnish, French, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish (International) | |
ABC Model | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bengali, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Albanian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (European), Greek, Finnish, German | |
Activity Diary (Hourly Time Intervals) | Afrikaans, Arabic, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish (International), Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, English (GB), English (US), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Tigrinya, Slovenian, Amharic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Croatian, Icelandic, Oromo, Pashto, Somali, Swahili, Uzbek, Finnish | |
Activity Diary (No Time Intervals) | Afrikaans, Arabic, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, English (GB), English (US), Sinhala, Spanish (Dominican Republic), Tigrinya, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Icelandic, Pashto, Somali, Swahili, Uzbek, Croatian | |
Activity Menu | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish (International), Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Icelandic, Portuguese (Brazilian) | |
Activity Planning | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Polish, Slovak, Albanian, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Croatian | |
Activity Selection | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, German, Croatian, Indonesian, Polish, Albanian, Turkish, Uzbek | |
All-Or-Nothing Thinking | Polish, Greek, English (GB), Finnish, French, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), German, English (US), Hindi, Arabic | |
Alternative Action Formulation | English (GB), English (US), French, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Albanian, Afrikaans, Arabic, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Vietnamese | |
Am I Experiencing Anorexia? | Italian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, Arabic, Greek, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)? | Italian, Spanish (International), Greek, Chinese (Simplified), French, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Bulimia? | Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Arabic, Italian, Greek, Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Burnout? | Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Bulgarian, Greek, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Death Anxiety? | Portuguese (Brazilian), Ukrainian, Polish, Italian, Spanish (International), Greek, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Depersonalization And Derealization? | Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, German, Italian, Bulgarian, English (US), English (GB) | |
Am I Experiencing Depression? | Arabic, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Greek, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)? | Polish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Italian, Spanish (International), Greek, Portuguese (European), German, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Health Anxiety? | Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Polish, Italian, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Low Self-Esteem? | Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Arabic, Polish, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Greek, Croatian, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? | Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish (International), English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Panic Attacks? | Italian, Spanish (International), Arabic, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Simplified), Greek, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Panic Disorder? | Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Italian, Polish, Greek, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Perfectionism? | Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, Arabic, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? | Vietnamese, Spanish (International), Polish, French, Hebrew, Italian, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Psychosis? | Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Greek, English (GB), English (US) | |
Am I Experiencing Social Anxiety? | Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Portuguese (European), English (GB), English (US) | |
Anger - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, Croatian | |
Anger Decision Sheet | English (GB), English (US), French, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Welsh, German, Greek, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese (European), Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | |
Anger Thought Challenging Record | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, French, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Sinhala, Spanish (International), Serbian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Greek | |
Anxiety - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Korean | |
Approval-/Admiration-Seeking | English (GB), English (US), Finnish | |
Arbitrary Inference | English (GB), English (US), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), German, Hindi, Arabic | |
Assertive Communication | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Czech, German, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, French, Croatian, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Hindi, Chinese (Traditional) | |
Assertive Responses | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, Finnish, French, French (Canadian), Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish (International), Swahili, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Hindi, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Urdu | |
Attention - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Croatian, German | |
Attention Training Experiment | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Polish, Bulgarian, Greek | |
Attention Training Practice Record | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, Bulgarian | |
Autonomic Nervous System | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Estonian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Swahili, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) | |
Balance | Arabic, Greek, English (GB), English (US), French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Barriers Abusers Overcome In Order To Abuse | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Serbian, Chinese (Simplified), Malaysian | |
Before I Blame Myself And Feel Guilty | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Czech, German, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Serbian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (European), Norwegian, Finnish | |
Behavioral Activation Activity Diary | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Serbian, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian | |
Behavioral Activation Activity Planning Diary | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Serbian, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Behavioral Experiment | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani), German, Greek, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Croatian, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Romanian, Somali, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Behavioral Experiment (Portrait Format) | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Estonian, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Burmese, Dutch, Norwegian, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Bengali, Armenian, Malaysian, Welsh, Georgian, Slovenian, Vietnamese | |
Belief Driven Formulation | English (GB), English (US), Afrikaans, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, Estonian, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Armenian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) | |
Belief-O-Meter (CYP) | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Boundaries - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Serbian, Turkish | |
Catastrophizing | Greek, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), German, Bulgarian, Italian, Hindi, Arabic, French | |
Catching Your Thoughts (CYP) | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Greek, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Italian, Georgian, Polish, Spanish (International), Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Albanian | |
CBT Appraisal Model | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, German, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Greek | |
CBT Daily Activity Diary With Enjoyment And Mastery Ratings | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Welsh, Danish, Greek, French, Croatian, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian | |
CBT Model – Here And Now | English (GB), English (US) | |
CBT Model – Maintaining Processes | English (GB), English (US) | |
CBT Model – Maintaining Processes – Past And Present | English (GB), English (US) | |
CBT Model – Past And Present | English (GB), English (US) | |
CBT Thought Record Portrait | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Uzbek | |
Changing Avoidance (Behavioral Activation) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Checking Certainty And Doubt | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic | |
Checklist For Better Sleep | English (GB), English (US), Danish, German, Greek, French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Portuguese (European) | |
Choosing Your Values | English (GB), English (US), Italian | |
Classical Conditioning | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Coercive Methods For Enforcing Compliance | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Anorexia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD: Veale, 2004) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Bulimia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Clinical Perfectionism (Shafran, Cooper, Fairburn, 2002) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Depersonalization (Hunter, Phillips, Chalder, Sierra, David, 2003) | English (US), English (GB) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Fear Of Body Sensations | Greek, English (GB), English (US), French, Italian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, German | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD: Dugas, Gagnon, Ladouceur, Freeston, 1998) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Health Anxiety (Salkovskis, Warwick, Deale, 2003) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Insomnia (Harvey, 2002) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Intolerance Of Uncertainty And Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms (Hebert, Dugas, 2019) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Low Self-Esteem (Fennell, 1997) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Panic (Clark, 1986) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model of Perfectionism (Shafran, Egan, Wade, 2010) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD: Whalley, Cane, 2017) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD: Ehlers & Clark, 2000) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Social Phobia (Clark, Wells, 1995) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of The Relapse Process (Marlatt & Gordon, 1985) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Tinnitus (McKenna, Handscombe, Hoare, Hall, 2014) | English (GB), English (US), Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International) | |
Cognitive Case Formulation | English (GB), English (US), French, Arabic, Greek, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common) | Danish, English (GB), English (US), German, French, Bulgarian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Hindi, Croatian, Arabic | |
Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Extended) | English (GB), English (US), German, Finnish, Spanish (International), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Hindi, Arabic | |
Compassionate Thought Challenging Record | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Persian (Farsi), French, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Bengali, Czech, Welsh, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Albanian, Swahili, Chinese (Simplified), Greek, Croatian | |
Coping Styles And Responses (Schema Therapy) | Finnish, English (GB), English (US) | |
Core Belief Magnet Metaphor | English (US), English (GB), Czech, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) | |
Critical Care And PTSD | English (GB), English (US), French, Norwegian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese | |
Cross Sectional Formulation | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Danish, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish (International), Albanian, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Welsh, Estonian, Gujarati, Armenian, Japanese, Oromo, Persian (Dari), Pashto, Slovenian, Somali, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Uzbek | |
Daily Monitoring Form | English (GB), English (US), Chinese (Simplified), Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Turkish | |
Decatastrophizing | English (GB), English (US), Czech, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), Hebrew, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, Bulgarian, Welsh, French, Italian, Serbian | |
Defectiveness | English (US), English (GB), Finnish | |
Dependence / Incompetence | English (GB), English (US), Finnish | |
Depression - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International) | |
Developing Psychological Flexibility | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Italian, Georgian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Finnish | |
Discounting In Perfectionism – The Ratchet Effect | English (GB), English (US), French, Spanish (International), Malaysian, Bulgarian | |
Disqualifying Others | English (GB), English (US), German, Spanish (International), Bulgarian, Italian, Arabic | |
Disqualifying The Positive | English (GB), English (US), German, Spanish (International), Portuguese (Brazilian), Arabic | |
Dissociation - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Bulgarian |